Steve Hart Radio Show - cellphone warning

In his radio show this week, Auckland journalist
Steve Hart interviews Liz Barris on a new bill that will,
when passed into law, force retailers in the USA to put
health warning stickers on mobile phone packaging.

It has
taken her five years to convince legislatures in the state
of Maine that cellphones need warning stickers on them,
claiming that cellphones can be harmful.

This week's big
question is; where is flight MF370? Steve bundles up the
latest ideas on where it could be, and speculates that it
could have landed safely somewhere. Have your say at
www.SteveHart.co (look for show No 9).

Steve reports that
In the UK, half the meat samples tested by a local authority
food safety team in 2013 contained species of animals not
identified on their labels. In total, 105 samples of meat
products were collected from retailers and 50 samples failed
to meet legal requirements for composition and
labelling.

In the US, a coalition of organizations
dedicated to civil liberties filed a federal lawsuit to
overturn Idaho’s newly passed “ag gag” law.

The law
criminalizes whistle-blowing investigations at factory farms
– the law makes it illegal for anyone to take photos or
videos at a factory farm or slaughterhouse without the
owner’s express consent.

In New Zealand, former All
Black lock Frank Oliver died this week aged 65. Radio New
Zealand drive time host Mary Wilson invited former rugby
union player Andy Haden - hear how it all went pear
shaped…

A Pentagon watchdog charged with oversight of
the National Security Agency said he was “not aware” of
its bulk phone records collection until it was exposed in
June 2013.

And the Bank of England has thrown the
theoretical basis for austerity out the window, admitting
that any amount of money can be created by banks – so long
as there is someone available to borrow it.

Catch up on
this week’s news, views, interviews and music with the
Steve Hart Radio Show, available on iTunes and via
www.SteveHart.co

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